Another's Child by Einat Danon is an intriguing story. The central
character of the story is Noa, a 10-year-old girl whose life passes
through a major turmoil when her real parents in Toronto, Canada decide
something very indifferent than what any usual parents would do with
their child. This is something quite unusual and indifferent because no
parents would hand over their daughter to someone at a far off place for
her upbringing. The inheritance of Noa transfers to Yael and Arif Katz
in Israel. All of a sudden, one fine day, the Israeli couple finds Noa
at their doorstep. It happens quite unexpectedly and unalarming. And
then they remember that Noa is the daughter of their friends in Canada. In
fact, they had to recall their memory about a will-exchange agreement
they had made a long time back with Noa's parents.
Another's Child
by Einat Danon starts with a big surprise for Noa as well as Yael and
Arif. Many questions will arise in reader's mind because of this. Why
would any parents send their daughter to grow up with someone quite
unfamiliar to her, rather than family? Moreover, how a couple unknown to
Noa would be able to raise her, not even knowing her at all. And, in
fact, that start of the story creates a big amount of curiosity in the
mind of its readers right in the beginning. Rather it becomes a mystery,
in a way, to solve. Hence, an immediate connect establishes with Noa
and readers of the story. What is the secret behind this, is all anybody
would like to understand. The book, in a way, is a good learning point
about parenting, relationship, and minute intricacies of life.
The
young girl Noa, on the other hand, is not able to adjust herself in
Israel. Therefore, Yael decides to take her back to Toronto in order to
find a better home for Noa. And that is where you start coming across a
series of questions to understand the crux of the matter. In fact, Yael,
while trying to understand it, faces many truths that she was not aware
of at all. In fact, something comes to the surface about her own
partner that she would think of in her life. There are a number of
serious turns and twists in the story of Another's Child by Einat Danon
that would keep you intact right until the last page of the book.
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